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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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